HousingPermits

Metro area in Idaho

Twin Falls, ID

The Twin Falls metro area authorized 670 new housing units in 2025. Buildings with five or more units accounted for 5.5% of the units authorized in 2021–2025, the lowest share among the 6 metro areas based in Idaho. Recent building has not returned to boom levels: the 2021–2025 yearly average was 31% below the 2004–2006 average, the weakest recovery by this measure among the 6 metro areas based in Idaho.

04008001,2001,6002004: 785 units (755 single-family, 18 in 2–4 unit, 12 in 5+ unit buildings)2005: 1,179 units (1,047 single-family, 36 in 2–4 unit, 96 in 5+ unit buildings)2006: 1,100 units (1,034 single-family, 18 in 2–4 unit, 48 in 5+ unit buildings)2007: 669 units (644 single-family, 18 in 2–4 unit, 7 in 5+ unit buildings)2008: 456 units (444 single-family, 12 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2009: 329 units (316 single-family, 13 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2010: 253 units (251 single-family, 2 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2011: 206 units (206 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2012: 337 units (335 single-family, 2 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2013: 413 units (393 single-family, 20 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2014: 418 units (369 single-family, 28 in 2–4 unit, 21 in 5+ unit buildings)2015: 478 units (416 single-family, 38 in 2–4 unit, 24 in 5+ unit buildings)2016: 516 units (442 single-family, 14 in 2–4 unit, 60 in 5+ unit buildings)2017: 521 units (425 single-family, 96 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2018: 585 units (521 single-family, 48 in 2–4 unit, 16 in 5+ unit buildings)2019: 835 units (599 single-family, 230 in 2–4 unit, 6 in 5+ unit buildings)2020: 1,053 units (891 single-family, 78 in 2–4 unit, 84 in 5+ unit buildings)2021: 1,068 units (894 single-family, 106 in 2–4 unit, 68 in 5+ unit buildings)2022: 605 units (483 single-family, 22 in 2–4 unit, 100 in 5+ unit buildings)2023: 455 units (384 single-family, 62 in 2–4 unit, 9 in 5+ unit buildings)2024: 733 units (637 single-family, 84 in 2–4 unit, 12 in 5+ unit buildings)2025: 670 units (644 single-family, 20 in 2–4 unit, 6 in 5+ unit buildings)200420072010201320162019202220252005 high · 1,1792011 low · 20605001,0001,5002004: 785 units (755 single-family, 18 in 2–4 unit, 12 in 5+ unit buildings)2005: 1,179 units (1,047 single-family, 36 in 2–4 unit, 96 in 5+ unit buildings)2006: 1,100 units (1,034 single-family, 18 in 2–4 unit, 48 in 5+ unit buildings)2007: 669 units (644 single-family, 18 in 2–4 unit, 7 in 5+ unit buildings)2008: 456 units (444 single-family, 12 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2009: 329 units (316 single-family, 13 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2010: 253 units (251 single-family, 2 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2011: 206 units (206 single-family, 0 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2012: 337 units (335 single-family, 2 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2013: 413 units (393 single-family, 20 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2014: 418 units (369 single-family, 28 in 2–4 unit, 21 in 5+ unit buildings)2015: 478 units (416 single-family, 38 in 2–4 unit, 24 in 5+ unit buildings)2016: 516 units (442 single-family, 14 in 2–4 unit, 60 in 5+ unit buildings)2017: 521 units (425 single-family, 96 in 2–4 unit, 0 in 5+ unit buildings)2018: 585 units (521 single-family, 48 in 2–4 unit, 16 in 5+ unit buildings)2019: 835 units (599 single-family, 230 in 2–4 unit, 6 in 5+ unit buildings)2020: 1,053 units (891 single-family, 78 in 2–4 unit, 84 in 5+ unit buildings)2021: 1,068 units (894 single-family, 106 in 2–4 unit, 68 in 5+ unit buildings)2022: 605 units (483 single-family, 22 in 2–4 unit, 100 in 5+ unit buildings)2023: 455 units (384 single-family, 62 in 2–4 unit, 9 in 5+ unit buildings)2024: 733 units (637 single-family, 84 in 2–4 unit, 12 in 5+ unit buildings)2025: 670 units (644 single-family, 20 in 2–4 unit, 6 in 5+ unit buildings)2004200820122016202020252005 high · 1,179

Single-family2–4 units5+ units

Its 2025 total was only 57% of the 2005 high of 1,179 units, the furthest below a series peak among the 6 metro areas based in Idaho.

Houses or apartments

The closest match in building mix among the 386 other metro areas is Florence, SC (5.6% in five-plus buildings). Duplexes to fourplexes are unusually common here: 8.3% of units, against 3.5% nationally. Units in five-plus buildings peaked in 2022 (100), single-family houses in 2005 (1,047).

2021–202586.2%86%8.3%5.5%2004–200692.6%93%2.3%5.1%US, 2021–202562.6%63%3.5%34.0%34%2021–202586.2%86%8.3%5.5%2004–200692.6%93%2.3%5.1%US, 2021–202562.6%63%3.5%34.0%34%

Busiest permit offices

Across the metro area, 11 permit offices authorized new housing in 2021–2025. The busiest was Twin Falls, with 1,636 units or 46% of the total, followed by Twin Falls County (unincorporated) with 670.

  • Twin Falls46% (1,636 units)
  • Twin Falls County (unincorporated)19% (670 units)
  • Jerome12% (431 units)
  • Kimberly12% (430 units)
  • Jerome County (unincorporated)4% (140 units)
  • Buhl3.2% (113 units)
  • Filer2.7% (97 units)
  • Hansen0.2% (8 units)

Share of the units authorized in the metro area, 2021–2025.

Boom, bust and since

Its peak year is shared by 105 other metro areas, among them Glens Falls, Sierra Vista, Ames. Annual permits fell from 1,179 during the mid-2000s boom to 206 in 2011, a drop of 82%. The nearest bust profile in the Mountain states was Greeley's (83%). Permits rose 10 years in a row up to 2021. From 2024 to 2025 the count fell 8.6%.

Relative to population

With 123,901 residents in July 2025, Twin Falls authorized 5.8 units per 1,000 residents a year in 2021–2025, 1.3 times the national 4.7. The metro areas with the nearest rates are Bellingham (5.8) and Indianapolis (5.8).

Where in the metro

Twin Falls County accounted for 84% of the metro area's units in 2021–2025, Jerome County for 16%.

  • Twin Falls County84% (527 in 2025)
  • Jerome County16% (143 in 2025)

Similar in size

Metro area2004–20252025 unitsPer 1,000 a year5+ share
Mansfield, OH1141.28.4%
Glens Falls, NY3272.518%
Twin Falls, ID6705.85.5%
Goldsboro, NC9545.04.2%
San Angelo, TX3352.40%

Rates and shares: 2021–2025.

Put Twin Falls beside Glens Falls

Every yearly figure behind the chart, split by building size: yearly-units.csv. State view: Idaho. Counting rules.